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Exploring the impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on informal settlements in Tshwane Gauteng Province, South Africa
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Informal settlements remain a public health problem as they lack basic infrastructure. Furthermore, it is challenging to enforce public health regulations and protocols to prevent the spread of infection during a pandemic. This paper was set out to explore the impact of lockdown during COVID-19 among people living in informal settlements. An exploratory qualitative design was utilised. Purposive sampling was used to select research participants. In-depth one-to-one interviews were held involving 30 research participants through a WhatsApp online telephone platform. A thematic approach underpinned by the four stages of data analysis in interpretive phenomenological analysis was utilised to analyse the data. The study found that during the the research participants were affected by lack of space to practice social distancing, over-burdened infrastructure, lack of savings, loss of income and shortage of food, hunger and diseases, anxiety and depression and poor access to education. There is a need to prioritise the needs of informal settlers and endeavour to establish permanent homes. Health promotion and communication initiatives and pandemic awareness programmes are needed to mitigate the impact of lockdown during a pandemic in informal settlements.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Nyashanu, M., Simbanegavi, P., & Gibson, L.
- Affiliations
- Nottingham Trent University (GB)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Corresponding author
- Nyashanu, Mathew
- Venue
- Global Public Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2020-08-11
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1443-1453
- ISSN
- 1744-1692 (ISSN-L)
- 1744-1706
- OpenAlex
- W3048116308
- Cited by
- 112
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 39.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Global Public Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › COVID-19 Prevention and Impact
- Social Sciences › Law › Legal Issues in South Africa
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown, informal settlements, slums, social distancing, food insecurity, income loss, mental health, anxiety and depression, access to education, public health communication, health promotion
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, Physical Distancing, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adult, Communicable Disease Control, Female, Humans, Male, Pneumonia, Viral, Residence Characteristics, South Africa, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics
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